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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Jil Matheson, dated September 2009:"As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the number of live births occurring in (a) Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, (b) Malton Hospital, Malton, (c) James Cook Hospital, Middlesbrough and (d) Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. (291793)""Figures for live births by hospital have been compiled from birth registration data. The table below shows the number of live births in 2005 to 2008 in the four hospitals requested, according to registration data. Information on place of birth is provided by the informant at registration rather than by the hospitals themselves."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Live births occurring in selected hospitals, 2005-08</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Communal establishment</TD><TD>2005</TD><TD>2006</TD><TD>2007</TD><TD>2008</TD></TR><TR><TD>Friarage Hospital, Northallerton</TD><TD>1,185</TD><TD>1,285</TD><TD>1,244</TD><TD>1,317</TD></TR><TR><TD>Malton Hospital, Malton</TD><TD>57</TD><TD>48</TD><TD>23</TD><TD>12</TD></TR><TR><TD>James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough</TD><TD>3,659</TD><TD>3,714</TD><TD>3,994</TD><TD>4,048</TD></TR><TR><TD>Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough</TD><TD>1,487</TD><TD>1,508</TD><TD>1,572</TD><TD>1,675</TD></TR></Table> |